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Papers on Book Reports
To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice Is Part Of Our Inherent Nature
Number of words: 963 | Number of pages: 4.... of people act towards
them. Clearly the people of Maycomb are narrow-minded, bigoted and hypocritical,
and Atticus Finch is not. Nothing can be done to make the prejudiced, perverse
people hear the truth. This dogmatic attitude does not occur exclusively
between the whites and the Negroes either. The community's unsubstantiated
stories about other citizens also demonstrate their heedless to the truth and
prejudiced natures.
Arthur Radley, otherwise labelled Boo, has for decades been maliciously
slandered, in the county. The people that have done so do not know Arthur, and
the reason they can make such judgments escapes me. .....
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Animal Farm 2
Number of words: 983 | Number of pages: 4.... ” (846). All the animals on the farm (no matter what Napoleon did to them) would treat him as a powerful leader and whatever he said they would do. Often Orwell stirs up controversy about the rebellion, “ ‘forward in the name of the rebellion. ‘Long live Animal farm!’ ‘Long live Comrade Napoleon!’ ‘Napoleon is always right.’ Those were his very last words, comrades’ ” (849). Squealer’s letting everyone know that no matter what happens to Animal Farm, just remember that Napoleon was an outstanding leader most of the time. Napoleon was an outstanding le .....
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The Awakening 3
Number of words: 971 | Number of pages: 4.... in the prescribed mold that her husband set for her. She invests so much time into duty and responsibility that she loses any happiness that she hoped to achieve. She was not aware of her “responsibility as a human being.” She was not “aware of one’s rational powers in the exercise of moral duty.” Edna knew she was not happy living as a puppet. She wanted a change. With time, Kant noted, the person who devotes their life to reason finds themselves needing a release, in the end despising reason, and eventually pursuing only their true happiness.
In keeping with Kant’s philosophy, Edna’ .....
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Adolescence Depicted In The Od
Number of words: 846 | Number of pages: 4.... changes. Athena acts as a catalyst to propel Telemachos into the next stage of his life. This is where his adolescence truly begins. Telemachos now wants to be independent. It is possible that he wants to harvest his father's kleos and live up to the "Odysseus tradition" and the Odysseus name. Telemachos rebels against his mother, whom he thought he was supposed to protect, and mounts an expedition to go search for his father - without telling her anything.
It is clear that when Telemachos "became a teenager", he immediately began exhibiting strong rebellious and independent feelings. The main difference between Telemachos and .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities - Critica
Number of words: 1155 | Number of pages: 5.... out Charles Darnay is an Evrémonde and is planning to marry Lucie Manette, she began to knit his name into the shroud she was making, symbolizing his impending death. Also, she tried to kill Lucie and her daughter, just because they were related to an Evrémonde, even though Darnay (Evrémonde) denounced his heritage and disconnected all relationships to them. Lucie was in a state of mourning so Defarge jumped on the situation.
"She will be at home, awaiting the moment of his death. She will be mourning and grieving. She will be in a state of mind to impeach the justice of the Republic. She will be full of sympathy with its ene .....
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Niccolò Machiavelli - The Qual
Number of words: 557 | Number of pages: 3.... they cannot even save themselves.
Selfishness is an ugly trait among people; however, disloyalty is probably the most offensive trait found in human nature. Machiavelli’s says, “when it comes nearer to you they turn away”, which clearly establishes where a person’ true loyalty stands. Loyalty is more consistent to oneself rather than to others. Past events in history supports Machiavelli’s opinion with Julius Ceasar and Brutus as an example. Brutus’s loyalty to his most trusted friend, Caesar, went astray when a problem arose among his Roman peers, and the betrayal was committed against Caesa .....
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Grapes Of Wrath: Awakening Of Tom Joad
Number of words: 625 | Number of pages: 3.... example in Tom's life how the larger are trying to control the less
fortunate. This land had been his family's source of pride and livelihood
throughout his life with them and it's loss was the first sizable impact on
Tom's conscience that would lead him to an awakening.
After visiting the land the Joad family had lived on for many years Tom
and Jim traveled to his uncle John's house nearby. There Tom meets his family as
they are making preparations to leave for California. Tom's family has already
sold off every valuable possession they own while living under cramped
conditions on old and soiled mattresses in a house no .....
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Joining The Tribe: Homosexuality
Number of words: 725 | Number of pages: 3.... reputations depends on "walking a tight rope between being too loose and too rigid, but in order to get up on the tightrope at all, you have to be popular, fun, and heterosexual" pg. 88. She feels tormented that she has to hide her real self to be accepted in this society. She explains how her friends probably wouldn’t hang around with her if she came out. They would be worried that she was looking at them. Information is not taught regularly in class rooms about homosexuality. So children do not know how to act toward gays or how to act if they are gay. It is a very intimidating experience for many of the people in the b .....
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Emotions Seen In "Of Mice And Men"
Number of words: 461 | Number of pages: 2.... help him. From Candy, we see
love towards his dog that he had for so long and we see a guilty feeling for
letting others execute him.
Curly show hate and jealousy at the same time. Because he's not a big
guy, he wants to fight all of them, and because he's always the winner (Just
because he doesn't fight fairly), he is proud to tell everybody that he's the
best.
Slim is a man who shows a lot of emotions during the story. He shows us
indifference to Curly and friendship towards Lennie, but when Lennie killed the
woman, and George killed him, he's the only one who seems to know why he done
that.
Curly's wife .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath 3
Number of words: 1050 | Number of pages: 4.... and once lay down for a while to rest, he went to the eternal rest as he passed away. It was thought by the ex-preacher, Casy, that Grandpa was dying since the day they left the home, that land was Him and without it he was dead. The death of Grandpa didn't fully hit the Joads. The only one who was effected severely by this tragic experience was Grandma. For now, after all, she was left alone. She went into fits of crying and just lying down and not saying a word. She longed for her husband, and her depression soon effected her health. Yet, the family could not wait for her health to improve or even for mourning, so they continue .....
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